Commercial Cookbooks
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Dungeness Crabs and Blackberry Cobblers The Northwest Heritage Cookbook
Published: 1991 First Paperback Edition: 1996 Author: Janie Hibler This cookbook was written by Janie Hibler, a native of the Pacific Northwest and author of four other books: The Berry Bible, Wild About Game, Easy and Elegant Seafood, and Fair Game: A Hunter’s Cookbook. Originally from rural Bayside California, 120 miles south of the Oregon…
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The Joy of Cooking
1931 (1st Edition) 1975 (6th Edition) Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill Company Author: Irma S. Rombauer and Marion Rombauer Becker This cookbook was first self-published by Irma S. Rombauer in 1931, a 54-year-old homemaker from St. Louis. The rights to her cookbook were bought in 1935, and the book has continuously been in print ever since. The book…
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Macy’s Salad and Dessert Book
1933 Author: Mabel ClairePublished by: Greenberg Publishers, New YorkPrinted by: Vail-Ballou Press, INC, Binghamton NY Written By: London Eller This cookbook was my great-grandmother’s, Ollie Lou Vena Forbes-Garland, from a young age until her death in the mid-1960s. Stamped on the inside cover by my great-grandfather, Robert Garland, in Roan Mountain, TN. Over the years,…
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Mrs. Mary’s Down-Home Cooking: Traditional Recipes from Lynchburg, Tennessee
1984 Author: Diana DalsassContributors: Helen Daniel, Louise Gregory, Barbara Ruth McGowen, Leola Dismukes Mrs. Mary’s Down-Home Cooking: Traditional Recipes from Lynchburg, Tennessee, written in 1984 by Diana Dalsass, describes the various recipes from Mrs. Mary’s Boarding House, Bobo House, in Lynchburg, Tennessee. To create this book, Dalsass interviewed various members of the Lynchburg community, including…
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The Art of Chinese Cooking
The Art of Chinese Cooking Written by the Benedictine Sisters of Peking (Sister M. Francetta and Sister Regia) First Edition 1956 Written By: Summer Vo The Art of Chinese Cooking was written by two American nuns that spent 15 years in China as missionaries, but moved to Japan. They wanted to share the recipes they…